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Gas prices advertised at a Quiktrip location in Mesa, AZ on April 7, 2026. (Photo: Jak Holdcraft)

MCC says ongoing fuel crisis has changed their spending habits

Southwest Autism Research and Resource Center's 27th Annual Community Breakfast presenting the new Arizona Support Autism license plate. From left to right : Daniel Openden, President and CEO of SARRC; Joe Bradley, Support Autism license plate artist; Arizona state senator Flavio Bravo (D) District 26; and Denis Resnik, founder, president and CEO of First Place AZ hold their own personalized license plates. The event was held in the Frank Lloyd Wright Ballroom at the Arizona Biltmore Resort on April 17, 2025. (Photo Courtesy of SARRC)

Pride in plain sight: the story of the Arizona Support Autism license plate and the autism-self-advocate artist who brought it to life

Gas prices at a Circle K location in Mesa, AZ on April 7, 2026. Standard fuel has up to a 10% ethanol blend, labeled 'octane 87.'

Live in the Phoenix-metro area? You probably won’t have access to E15 gas 

Vaughan (right) teaches his students about the history of Clonmacnoise, a 6th century monastic community, during the Study Abroad Ireland 2022 trip. There were no cities in Ireland until the 9th century, so communities like these were the only representations of advanced knowledge in early Medieval Ireland. (Photo: Barry Vaughan)

MCC’s Study Abroad program returns next summer

Gas prices at a Quiktrip station in Mesa, AZ on April 7, 2026. Arizona's statewide average is $4.57 per gallon as of April 21, according to AAA, over one dollar more than the statewide average in 2025. (Photo: Angel Marcos)

Arizona political leaders encourage EPA to issue emergency fuel waiver

Brian spends hours a day on the field carefully supervising and mentoring the Thunderbirds men's soccer team. (Photo: Erick Romero)

Thunderbirds men’s soccer coach reflects on his career at MCC

Gas pump fueling up a car

MCC students share how the fuel crisis has affected them

Final day for students to vote for next leaders of the Associated Students of Mesa Community College

Voters waiting in line outside of the SRP headquarters in Tempe on April 7, 2025, the last day to drop off ballots. (Photo: Gwendolyn Owen/The Legend)

SRP election saw high turnout, Turning Point loses majority

Cesar Chavez (center) on march from Mexican border to Sacramento with United Farm Workers members in Redondo Beach, California. (Photo: John Malmin/Los Angeles Times)

Mesa removes Cesar Chavez honorary plaque, street signs

Tuesday, May 26, 2026

Category: Election

All news relating to elections to be used in the election page.

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Autopsy of a Trump Press Conference

Brock Blasdell 05/01/2020

The president has been urged to lessen the amount of briefings by his staff.

Biden, Sanders, and the coronavirus go head-to-head in Democratic debate
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Biden, Sanders, and the coronavirus go head-to-head in Democratic debate

Nienke Onneweer 03/19/2020

Democratic front runners Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders discussed the new coronavirus, the climate crisis and immigration in the Democratic presidential debate moved from Phoenix, Arizona to Washington, DC. The … Read More

Democracy during the pandemic
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Democracy during the pandemic

Shayden Joe 03/18/2020

Arizona voters cast their ballots for the Democratic presidential general election candidate amidst a global pandemic. Instead of shaking hands, Marshall Bill Pierce and I shook elbows at the Dobson … Read More

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Brock Blasdell 03/02/2020

The City of Mesa awarded the Center for Community and Civic Engagement a grant to help generate public interest and provide accurate information about 2020 U.S. census.census. The grant, worth … Read More

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The thin line
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Impeachment backfires, Trump wins
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Impeachment backfires, Trump wins

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Cristina Mills 10/28/2019

Report shows 36.9 percent of MCC students voted in 2018 midterms, compared to 13.4 percent in 2014 Mesa Community College’s (MCC) efforts to increase student participation at the polls have … Read More

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